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E. H. MitLER, ED. & PUB.
VOL.
EC. LANIER COMPANY
If a stranger were to ask one of our,
local citizens which was the most en¬
terprising mercantile establishment
in our .little town, one would point
out with pride at d much satisfaction
toe chain of stores conducted by the
E. C. Lanier Company. Mr. E. C.
Lanier the head on this enterprising
establishment take more than a mere
passing interest in conducting these
stores in a manner satisfactory and
entirely pleasing to the trade. He
aims to carry what the people really
need and when occasion requires add
a new lino or opens a new store. The
stores arc nuinbereu I, 2 and 3 re¬
spectively.
STORK NO. 1.
In store No. 1. we will And Shoes
and Men’s Clothing. Lanier says
“the public requires shoes, good
Shoes, well made, perfect fitting'
holiest leather Shoes. You who walk,
who stand still even, need to be well
shod or your work suiters as well as
your comfort and health. In our
store, you may be sure of finding
shoes, fitted to your own feet, with
courteous care.” In the clothing d. -
partment everything will be lound
to suit your own personal needs. '
When you fe“I Hint you MUST
save and economize, you are asked to
look over their large And well s fleet¬
ed T stock of Groceries.
Their aiork has been carefully se¬
lected anJ economically bought, with
a view to meeting the needs of those
who feej the need of economy.
Don’t ymy fancy prices for groceries
when yon can help it. You can help
it by going to th. m.
STORE NO. 2.
This store comprises the Ladies
Ready-to-Wear Department, cotr
stating of dresses for the women and
girls, hats and underwear for al'.
Cloaks, sweaters, dfetuses, silk skirts
and novelty garments.
This line is extensive enough to
permit a wide range of choice, while
Y. as usual, is of the
Lard.. ■ t‘,% /
i'lXh BARGAINS
HERE, TOO, careful buying an«k~
ing it possible tar them to off, r many
attractive styles at ANTE-WAR
PRICES !
YOUR money talks there—talks
LOUD.
CAREFUL DRESSERS WEAR
CLOTHES FROM THERE. Thom¬
son, Dealing, Wrens and Blythe
have bought from them.
TOY LAIVD.
Any little old tiling you need mav
need may be fenind in their large and
varied as ortment of TOYS. The lit! le
tilings of lile—the odd tilings of life-—
the beautiful and artistic are there
or will he Christinas Week—
the things hard to find at other
stores-THEY HAVE ’EM.
STORE NO. 3.
FUKNITUKE MAKES A HOME.
It makes it pleasing or disagreeable
to the eye of the comfort. HOME is
inau s most personal possession and
good FURNITURE makes for an
id* at Home. In this JTepartment
writhe found Furniture, Stoves and
Ranges for the man of moderate
means. They ask the honor of par¬
ticipating in the making of four
HOME.
Their motto is Low Prices, Fair
Dealing, Quick and Poli e Service,
by this and advertising] ti e .< have
established a fine business for whii h
they thank tne public. 1 d
tons are Unfashionable
But we have a large assortment of unique
gold ware and siiver ware this IS superbly
FASHIONABLE
Wedding presents, Birthday gifts, Variety
of stones, Diamonds and Watches.
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY ON PIECES WHICH
POSSESS QUALITY AND WORTH.
W. O. WHITE,
The Quality Jeweler,
814 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
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Entered as Second Class Matter Every Friday at the Post-Office at Harlem. Ga.
HARLEM, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, |9f«.
RABBIT RAISING PAYS IN UTAH.
In Utah many boy and girl club
members are going into the rabbit
raising business, flat.ing it most
profitable, according to word re¬
ceived by the States Relations Ser¬
vice, Unified States Department of
Agriculture. They have found that
it costs about 25 con is to raise a
rabbit to the age of three months,
and that at that time it may he
marketed at 35or 40 cents a pound.
The Delts bring from 15 to 75 cents,
depending on the kind of rabbit and
its size. Compared with poultry,
rabbit raising in Utah has proved
much more economical, as rabbits
are very hardy and require no ex¬
pensive feed. For example, one
club boy reports that lie feeds only
oats, cabbage, and water. In some
places in the State the demand ex
needs the supply. Hotels and 1C-
taurants, which serve rabbit as often
as they do chicken, are the chief
buyers. The Bureau of Biological
Survey and iho Bureau of Marke S
it re co-operating actively in
ing interest in the production
marketing of domesticated rabbits
and in standardizing methods of
handling these animals and the wild
rabbits which aro killed for sport or
to project crops from their depre
datlons. .<*
IF IGNQRAN3E If AS
A STATE OFFENSE?
If ignorance was a crime half of
the members of the Georgia legisla¬
tors would never get out of jail.
They consumed a whole-lot of
time, and submitted a constitutional
amendment to the people to be
voted on, went to the expense of
publishing it- in every paper in the
State that tooted the Hugh Dorse} ’s
bom, and now it is null and void aB
far as the effect is concerned.
1 ...... .....- ... ,
ley passed an amendment ... to in
crease tfie tiuiftbe" of senatorial
districts, but failed to provide fc-r
an increase in the membership of
the Semite.
lot J, isn't
mere is jots of r . Show'- .
-Ignorance
ing up In high places.—Savannah
Hawkeye.
NEW SCALE OF RETAIL
PRICES IN SAVANNAH.
The latest retail prices 011 life ne¬
cessities is about as follows in Sa¬
vannah :
Sweet potatoes eight cents each.
Irish potatoes three small ones for
a dime.
Low peas, suitable for table pur¬
poses, nine cents per dozen.
Cottonseed oil, with butter color¬
ing, eighteen cents per tablespoon
fu).
White meat, two and one-half
ounces for twenty-nine cents.
Wheat flour, four cents per ounce.
proport'on.-Savannah Hawk-eye.
GEORGIA BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY
ANNOUNCES BOLL WEEVIL LIMIT
Atlanta, Ga., December 4. —(Special.)
Tlve State Entomologist announces
that the State Board o£ Entomology,
in co-operation with the Bureau of
Entomolosy, United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C<,
has just completed its survey of the
northern limit of the boll weevil in
Georgia for 191S.
The boll weevil has been found this
fall as far north as in the following
counties, beginning on the west side
of the state and running to Augusta:
Chattooga, Floyd, Bartow, Cobb, Ful¬
ton, DcKalb, Rockdale, Newton, Mor¬
gan, Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Mc
Dufile, Columbia and Richmond. In a
few of these counties the boll weevil
was found this year somcv.-hat further
north than it was last year. This will
make the boll weevil line for 1918
about the same as it was last year,
For this reason there 'will be no
change made in the quarantine regula¬
tions for the remainder of this year.
Next spring the quarantine regulations
may be changed somewhat. The slow
advance of the boll weevil this year
in Georgia is largely attributed by
the Stato Entomologist to the hot, dry
weather we had in July and August.
With Us For Five Years
The boll weevil has now been In
Georgia five years and has not yet
covered the entire cotton growing sec¬
tion of the state. It has, however, ad¬
vanced steadily each year, and if a
favorable season for the development
of the weevil should occur it may
cover the remainder of the state In
one season. The damage to the cot:
ton ton cron crop in in Georgia Georgia hem nom the tne boll boa wee- wee
vil this year was not as great as it
was expected to be. It did, however,
do considerable damage In a number
of counties la the southern part of the
atete, where (more rain fell ti*S
other sections.
In cotton variety tests conducted by
the State Board of Entomology in dif
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aVeraKe from thrce ' tourth3 10 a
bale and a half per acre under boll
weevll and wilt conditions. In the
tcn-acre boll weevil experiments that
were conducted in over 100 counties,
the yields will run from two-thirds to
a bale and a half per acre. In these
HOW THREE .FARM BOYS
WAKENED FATHER.
One of the outstanding results of
boys’ agricultural club work in
Tennessee has,been its effect upon '
tne parents of the members. Three
sons of a Madison County farmer
joined the corn club lust year. One
s ill pioluced 144 bushels on (,j 8
acre, another 139 bushels, ’ and t!u ,
third 120 bushels, tha profit from tho ,
3 acres being .>101.(H. This demon
| wlthe the departul . e from Con8tjlntl .
noplo of Enver Pasha, the former
Turkish Se minister dtaaDPearancJTf of war and his col
srasr leagues twentv
funds placed in various banks was
I noticed, according to the Tribune of
j Geneva. It is believed, the newspa-
1 says, that the has been
per money
transferred to neutral banks or car
! ,-ied away. Enver Pasha has been
invited by the Berlin authorities to
leave the German capital.
Coffee Cultivation.
The British successfully introduced
the cultivation of coffee on the island
of Ceylon, where it became the founda
Hon of the prosperity of that island
and from where it passed to India
where it was cultivated with success,
especially in the districts of lludras
and Malabar.
Muscular Activity and Heat
Owls and other birds which are active
at night show a rise of tempera Hire
during the hoursmf darkness and n fall
Curing the duy. Tills is a result of the
well-known fact that muscular activity
means uu increased production of
heat
•xperiments the seed was furnished
by the Georgia State Board of Ento¬
mology and instruotlonB were given
in regard to fighting the boll weevil.
We large yield made this year ta at¬
tributed: first, to the goed seed plant¬
ed (that 1s, pedigreed seed of a vari¬
ety adapted to that section); second,
to good and thorough preparation of
the land, high fertilization, and fre¬
quent cultivation of the cotton; third,
the thorough and persistent fight on
the bbll weevil; and, fourth, to the
rather dry season in July and August
which was detrimental to the increase
of the boll weevil.
Warning To Farmers
As the yield of cotton has been so
satisfactory this year in many sec
tions of Georgia, it is feared that many
of the planters will wish to increase!
State Entomologist desires r at *■“ this time t 1 "
tO'W&rn the farmers of the loss that
may result from this, for, if the sea
son should be rather rainy in June,
July and August, favoring the develop
meat of the boll weevil, they might not
make a profitable cotton crop. He ad
vises the planters not to plant more
plow, depending upon labor conditions .. .
so that they can light the boll weevil
and cultivate and fertilize the crop as
it should be under boll weevil condi
tions. ,
The Georgia State Board of Ento- |
mology conducted , . , quite an extensive
series of dusting experiments at \ al
dosta on the control of the boll weevil
by dusting the cotton with calcium ar-.
senate and other similar materials.
These dusting experiments, while
somewhat encouraging, did not give '
the results desired, aud hence no
,
‘
ent for the control of the boll weevil
by dusting. The experiments,, how
ever, will be continued next year on
targer scale, and it (s hoped that i|
UK Beard la able to continue this
work for a series of years they may
be able to develop a method of con
m0l 7- ° gy T 1S T bUlle ‘ r?;; “ S edi "
future, giving the results «f their y*
riety tests and other cotton expert
nictits far 1918, and parties desiring
copies of these or other bulletins
should write to A. C. Lewis, State Ea
tomologist, Atlanta, Ga.
Piet To Roster* William To Throno
London.—A plot to restore imperial
Ism and secure the return of Emperor
William hRs been discovered in Ber
* in ' according to a dispatch from Am
f to 16 ?™ the dispatch, 10 which was At »? filed r f n at !
Am8ter dam. the chief men behind the
plot were Field Marshal von Macken
sen. General von Born and General
Count Sixt von Arnim. It is said they
'natnicted the Prussian officers' corps
to carry on a pro-emperor agitation
beginning Immediately after the de
mobilization of the troops.
reports ° f the various departments,
T he principal redaction Has for the
mlUtary establishment, which esti
mated il neCtls *1,922.000,000 in 1920
»—«*? appropriated for .**?, this year. !
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Over $500,000,000 Advanced To Roads
Washington.—More than half a bil¬
lion dollars has been advanced by the
government to the railroads and
transportation lines under its control
during the eight months since the
railroad administration has been !■
I operation. Director General McAdoo
announces that $515,206,536, including
loans and payments made to railroad
corporations to meet their needs, lias
been advanced for operating deficits
and payments on account of the new .
standardized equipment, from A iril !
1 to December 1.
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The aniser owns a Liberty Loan bond,
purchased for him by Gustavus Kern
ok, Jr., Phlia Ipliin attorney. Team k
"«« closing ttp n Gerninn estate and
f°'md $60 due the imperial Gcjniin
rnmeut He placed $00 la a Lib
bond, to be used agulust its own
w.
PRICE ONE YEAR $1.50
REGULAR ARM\
OF 500,000 MEN
CONTEMPLATED ESTIMATE GIV.
E-N CONGRESS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1920
PUNNING FOR URGE NAVY,
SS,644,000,009 Asked For Steady And
Rapid Increase Of
The Navy
Washington.—A regular army of ap¬
proximately half a million men is pro
vided for specifically in estimates sub
mitted to congress for the fiscal year
1920, beginning next July 1. Detailed
’ toms on hie pay of the army show
t,lat in the total of $1,932,000,000 asked
for, exclusive of fortification esti
mates, provision is made for the pay
■*•*•««* *>■»• •*>»
g$7 men D f () u , jj ne and approximate
ly 130,000 non-combatant troops with
the requisite staff officers.
The inclusion in the estimates, how
ever, of five items of pay with a nomi
nal appropriation of $100 each asked,
shows that the whole question of the
^ength elusion of °f peace the has army been after deferred the con- and
that supplemental estimates are to be
expected under these headings when
is | (oss u,i e to present a completed
porject. The items thus held in suspen
gion are those providing for the pay
of reserve and national guard officers
and men.
The naval estimates are framed, on
a nexac ti y opposite theory. Every
provision is made for steady and rapid
increase of the fleet, a total of ap
proximately $434,000,000 being asked,
Of that sum $200,000,000 is the first
increment of the proposed new three
year building program providing for
ten additional dreadnaughts, six battle
and 140 other fighting craft,
The remainder of the $434,000,000
wouW gQ to complcto shlpg of the first
three-year program.
Secretary Daniels has renewed,
the naval j emergence fund item u»
which congress appropriated $100,900,
000 last year to provide for the
struction of additional destroyers-, rub
ss sri.sxsr .
™e total appropriation for the na
Tal estaWlshraent , B estimated at $2,-
644,000.000, or an Increase of approx
Imately a billion dollars over appro
priations, made for the current year.
The pay of the navy item stands at
$59i,946,000, against $227,372,946 this
year. Similarly. $155,286,000 Is asked
for the marine corps against $143,-
339,000 this year.
PRICE OF MEATS UNDER
CONTROL OF FIVE PACKERS
The Federal Trade Commission Also
Charges That Five Firms Con¬
trol Sale Of Live Stock
_
Washington.—The federal
commission in a supplemental report
submitted to congress charged to five
big meat-packing companies of the
country with a combination in re
straint of trade, and with controlling
the sale of live stock and meats.
one holds off the market, all hold off.
So strong is the influence of the big
packers buying that the market is ml
made until their buyers begin bid
“There exists, therefore, for each
cf the big packers a centralized buy¬
ing system so simply contrived and
organized that it controls the small¬
est details of live stock purchases at
each of the markets and can be set in
motion and directed by a single word.
Only a few men in eac(i company need
know that there is an agreement or
understanding.”
The report said the “big five” joint¬
ly employ men at markets to gather
market conditions and thus check each
other's operations.
True and False Freedom.
There are two freedoms—the false,
where a man is free to do what ho
W
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As the World Moves.
“Lore makes the world go round,*’
quoted the Parlor Philosopher, “l'es,
but inorringc generally squares things,”
udded the Mere Mon.—Town Topics.
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No. II.
AMERICANS CROSS i
i
PRUSSIAN BORDER
CITY OF TREVES OCCUPIED AND
AMERICANS PATROLLING OTH- i
ER VILLAGES AND CITIES
PERSHING WATCHES ADVANCE
Treves Is Fifty-Seven Miles To The
Southwest Of Coble* And Is The
Oldest Town In Germany
With the American Army of Occu¬
pation.—American troops have cross
ed the frontier into Prussia behind the
German rear guards. Treves is ono
of the most important cities thus far
occupied. American troops also are pa
trolling scores of villages, however,
General Pershing is in the imraedi
f. te 'ieinity to observe the operations.
Pros¬
ton Brown will be military governor
and General Harry A. Smith in charge
of civil affairs.
The advance averages twelve miles.
Treves is situated on the right bank
of the Moselle river, 57 miles south
west of Coblenz. It is perhaps the
oldest town in Germany and is rich
in Roman relics. Among the main
objects of interest in the town are the
cathedral, which is one of the oldest
in Germany, and the provincial mu
seum, with a fine collection of antiqui
ties.
Treves became an arch-episcopal see
in the ninth century and the archbish
ops rose to the position of princes and
occupied a place among the imperial
electors. Near the close of the six
teenth century it was recognized as a
free imperial city and the ecclesias
tical principality was wiped out in the
French revolution. The city and the
territory surrounding it were assign
ed to Prussia by the congress of Vt
enna. The population at the outbreak
of the war was about sixty thousand
inhabitants.
Germans Retire In Goed Order
Berlin. — Three million German
truojw, 41 milUoa homel and great 7
quantities of baggage, withdrawing to-'
wards the river Rhine from Belgium
and northhern France, nre conducting
troops are carrying their own pro
visions.
German Retreat Hard In Ruetia
Paris.—German troops which havo
been occcupylng Russian territory aro
returning to Germany under great dif¬
ficulty, according to a dispatch from
Copenhagen. One detachment of fif¬
teen hundred men marching from
Lodz, seventy-five miles southwest of
Warsaw, were attacked by Poles and
only succeeded in reaching. the Ger¬
man border after undergoing severe
hardships.
The German army of five hundred
thousand men is being forced to march
homeward through snow and rain. The
men cannot use the railroads because
the Russians returning to their own
country have taken over all the roll¬
ing stock.
HOLLAND MOVES TO
CLEAR STATUS OF THE
FORMER EMPEROR
C . J. Lodaer, Prof. A. A. H. Struycken
Rnd A E . A! ex,
Wilhelm Shifts Blame For War
Copenhagen.—Further revelations
showing that, former Emperor Wi'.lian
of Germany is seeking to escape re¬
sponsibility for bringing on the war
are containing in an article by T-.
Georg Wagoner, appearing In tbe C >
longne Gazette, recounting a roim1
sation which the writer had with the
emperor just before the latter fle.-i
In this interview the emperor attempt¬
ed to shift the blame for the work!
conflict to the shoulders of Dr. The:>
bald von Betlimann-Hollweg, former
imperial chancellor, and Gottlieb von
Jagow, former minister of foreign af¬
fairs.
Frightful Dream.
THIie Cilnger says the reason she
Is quitting her present boarding house
eill , „ i , ,,,., , ^
eating on hch-- DaHas NewR
A Question.
Why don't we get dimples instead cf
'vri.V.clcs?—Loulaviile Courier-Journal.